Midtown Athletic Club - DMAC Architecture Floor Plan.

Virtual reality tours for the public can be taken at the club, 2444 N. It's not cookie cutter,' Brady said.ĭuring construction, the tennis courts and club has remained open, with temporary fitness and locker rooms carved out of the parking garage. You can come here to workout or not even workout. 'We provide a community its a third space to mix and mingle and socialize. According to Steven Schwartz, the president and CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs, the new facility is a legacy property for the brand and the Schwartz family. Schwartz described Midtown's business model as targeted to folks who are 'a little older, more settled,' and who want all the conveniences in one spot, such as a mom taking a spinning class while her son is at a tennis lesson. A lot of love and pride is in this, not just return on assets,' Schwartz said. 'Our goal is not to pack it, it's luxury and fun and upscale. Though the club could potentially accommodate as many as 7,000 members and membership sales have grown in recent months due to word-of-mouth about the expansion, Schwartz maintained it's not about crowding the club. Midtown dues for new club individual members are $180 a month, while existing members who pay $120 per month will gradually scale up to the $180, Schwartz said. Rooms in the 55-room hotel on the fourth and fifth floors, which plan to open on Oct. The site is flooded with natural light from floor-to-ceiling windows. The expansion, designed by Evanston's DMAC Architecture, began in May 2015. 'In the 1970s, this corner was a nice big industrial building that could house a New York-style tennis club,' Schwartz said of the indoor courts, which attract tennis players from around the city and suburbs. The core tennis business that Midtown was founded on in 1970 by Schwartz's father and grandfather has become an inefficient use of the prominent corner at the crossroads of Bucktown, Logan Square, Lincoln Park and Lakeview where Midtown draws its 4,000 members, Schwartz said. 'This is our passion, our legacy,' Schwartz said of the family-owned business that will grow its employees from an existing 100 to as many as 300 to staff the club, hotel, restaurant, spa and salon. In addition to tennis courts and lessons, as many as 160 group exercise classes will be offered weekly. The outdoor pool will be an ice rink in winter.Īmong the highlights in the six-level, 575,000-square-foot club are two PGA golf simulators, a 75-yard indoor swimming pool bordered by wooden plank flooring resembling a boardwalk, an outdoor pool that will be converted to an ice skating rink in winter and more.

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